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I, AMERICAN POSITIONS j,
. MAPPED BY GERMANS
BEFORE THEY STRUCK. ,
5Tap Was Found on Kcdy of Prussian
I Captain Who Led the Attack on
B the Sector Northwest of
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p W;th tfc.- A_* e?;;.an ArT?:** in France. 1
I ^Tarch 2\.?(By the Associated Press.) i
A plan of attack, including a map of :
the American positions, including j
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Lr every dugout, which was remove i
; - from the body of the Prussian captain i
who led the recent assault upon the :
sartor notrhwest of Toul, shows how
^ -c^iipletely the Germans prepare their 1
afraid?if in fact, this was but a sim|
v\e raid not having as its ultimate ob-:;
f jarl^the retention of a portion of the
salient. : 1
Te -map goes into such detail as to
show every machine gun emplacement.
every trench and every depres-j
[ sion in the ground within the Ameri- _1
can lines. At the bottom mere ;s
simply a line drawn, labeled "our
front line." Along this line are five
shaded portions, each marked "nest." (:
Rehearsals for the Attack.
Four rehearsals were held for the'
attack and the troops who made it
^were specially picked from new arrivals
of fresh troops In the sector I
They' were told that the Americans'
were in front of them.
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After the artillery had carefully
levelled the American positions the
Germans started out from their nests.:
fc ?ach of which contained forty infan- ;
^ trvmen. one lieutenant, and thre^
pioneer to precede the infantry and
five to follow it. The two groups '<
upon the American extreme right,
?vent around the flank and the group J
upon the extreme left, carried out a
ML similar movement there. ! i
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The two groups in the center ha^l
BlAjaxmed to attack directly, but tho
Wpfnerican defense changed all the
;^:flp]ans. When they were met by the
I heavy machine gun fire from the
Wm American lines they saw it would be
imposible to gain a footing there
changed their direction, and followed .
the other groups around the flank. ;
~ The duty of tbe pioneers preceding j
the infantrv was to clean un any wir& ,
tfrat had not been broken by tbe ar- j
tHJerv. which tbp pioneers who fcl- ;
3o^ed carried large quantities of explosives
for tbe purpose of cleaning ;
up the dugouts.
What German Prisoners Say.
a Official reports of the interrogation j
of the prisoners taken by the Araeri- !
jrats show that all of them did not ;
Peve lord ludu.t nuuiu
of the men told the intelligence !
er he presumed that the Ameri- J
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cans, like the Germans, did net want
to'fight but Iiad to. The officers
quickly change:! the German's viewpoint
by informing him that all of the
troops in the attacked positions were
volunteers.
One prisoner, whose home is --t
German Lorraine, ^aiti he thought tho
fatherland wo-."Id iose the war. buf
h.e hoped not. Kr> knew nothing a bo1: j
the Americans except that they wejc |
h t>e vor. the German newspaper
not printing much uprn the subject,
he said, an 1 being slo-.v in reaching
tile ircm lines uecause yi man cua?estion.
The prisoner said he was convinced
;hat the recent strikes in Germany
<vere caused by a desire for peare,
adding that all Germany wanted tha
var to end. He was certain that an
offensive was coming. but did not be- j
'ieve it would be launched before
April 1.
Xone of the prisoners had seen any
German tanks, they said. All of them
added they were glad to have been |
taken prisoner, (specially by the)
Americans, because they believed
they would be well treated.
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i ne prisoners WLUUUIS snuncu
that the sector opposite the American
Position was commanded by General
Stalzmann.
Stories of American Wounded
The correspondent talked with
flozen of the American wounded in
their hospital cots. Every one of
them was anxious to tell of some deed
of heroism or other performed by hi.>
fellows, ."but displayed o-reat mociesry
regarding: his own exploits. One youth
whose hone is near Savannah, Ga.,;
and who looked to be not more than
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IS years old, told this story:
"I was in the front line when 't
seemed like every sheTi in the world 1
started coming our way. Where th-~
Germans got them is more than I
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Know. 4 never Dciictcu mai aia.t.i :
existed. One burst near where I
was. ' ' j
"A piece hit a fellow on the other J
side of men who came from Texas
The corporal picked him up in his
arms and started with him for a first
aid station in the midst of a perfect '
shower of dirt and mud which was j
being kicked up. I don't know
whether he ever got there or no:.
"By that time T got into a machine '
gun emplacement with another cor- j
poral, whose home is in Missouri, ;
leaving my rifle outside. Things got j
so hot we decided to try to get to a
steel shelter at the end of a trench. I
"The corporal went first, but a few |
feet away a shell exploded almost en
him and killed him. I stepped out j
and saw that my rifle had been blown
to pieces. This left me ctetenseiess.
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so I started m another direction hoping
to find a rifle or a pistol, be - j
cause I knew the Germans would be
around soon. About the same time
a p:ece of shell hit me on the left si <10
and dov/n ( went. A sergeant yelled
order for me to go to a first aid
station.
"I was just approaching the station
:i the renr of two stretcher-bearing
o-r- who were proceeding bent ov*>r .
Qei-'-.-yp. if possible, the flying pieces
of shell, when a shell plumped down
on top of the station, exploded, and
wiped it out. A piece of rock hit 1119
in tho head. "When I woke up some
stretcher-bearer had me. hauling me
over the shell holes.
l'rsiise for Red Cross Workers.
"I've sure go* to hand it to those j
men with the red cross on their arms, j
"hoy all worked like (:01s in that he!! j
out there They seemed to- have 1v.it (
nne idea?to do their duty?and ap_ ;
^arentlv rared nothing for their own
lives while doing it. They were gams ,
nght to the core." j
Tn this connection it. may be said
fhat there are a certain number of
men who wear the Red Cross whose
names are on the casualty list.
A? ^ i'11 A^vnion frAm NTf>\< .TorSPV
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f1 escribed what, happened in the gun
pits.
"T was asloeo !n the dugout when
the fr'n began." he said. "We ran out \
to the ?vn. The shells were raining :
down all around. Then came the or-;
der for a barrage, and we let them
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Pave li. lyTie SUCH mi mc i-i?- |
md loosened the logs overhead. A?- j
fer tbnt everv time we fired the ccn- '
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^Mission brought down one or two log?, i
\Tud, stores and pieces of shell cams j
in at the front. Five snokes were i
knocked from one wneeT of the car- '
ria.^e'and the sun muzzle was nicked.
Two or three men were slight!?
h;t 3r?d laid away at the <>ud of the
nit whilp the rest of us kent On firing.
"Suddenly a nie^e nf crt^el came
throreh t^e srun shield which T was
behind and hit me in the shoulder.
About that time ^*e were all carried
to tb? tfressinsr station, and Here T am
T don't mind tb's wound, hut I hope
tr> the T.ori i* ee*s w?ll soon, so that
T can pet back with my outfit."
Praise for Dead Ir. S. Captain.
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All the infantrymen asked questions
regarding tfie fate of their comrades
Keen distress was displayed
by all the men of the compenv commanded
fry the captain who was killed.
One of them said:
"He was a fine officer, and. beliere
me. he took care of his men. Any ono
of the company 'would have gone
h^oueh hell at his order. We will
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A Kansas man who was in the fight"
paid the last he saw of the captain he
was kneeling alongside a spitting marine
gnn and bla/ing awav the .
Germans with his own aptomatic pistol.
'1 saw him fall flat." added the
private. j
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The captain was killed by a gunshot ,
wound in the chest.
All the American dead now have '
been buried in a little graveyard a
few hundred yards from the sp^t (
where they fell. The German bodies .
also have been collected and buried
nearby. j
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The ^larch American 3Ia^zine= j
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Everyone interested in the war, j
every father and mother who has a :
bov in the service, will be grateful
for the message of cheer that is given i
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in the March American Magazine bv j
Surgeon-General Gorgas and Private
Peat. Surgeon-General Gorsas tells !
in an interview what the chances are J
of getting hurt or killed in this war, j
and his facts are indeed cheering, j
Private Peat, the famous soldier-lec- j
t"rer. tells in a wonderful article j
"Why We Come Smiling Out of Hell."
His story is inspiring1 and thrilling.
The lecture of Frederick W. Taylor,
the father of Sc-ientific Manafremen'".
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and the man whose work on steel;
alone ha?; been worth between $50,OOO.OOO
and $100,000,000 a year to the;
machine industry of the country, is j
nrinted for the first time in this issne j
Tt is called "Xot for The Genius?But |
for the Average Man.*' ''How I Cured >
ATvcelf of Being Too Sensitive" is the
story of a man who almost ruined his j
life by having a sensitive nature: j
"Why T Believe in Deciding Things
Ouieklv" is bv A1 H^ Woods, the theatrical
manae^: "Rinlev's Recioe" is
an article on T?. P. Rinlev. the famous
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rfl'iroan nresinPTH ; iiih .ii;v in iiirr |
JobV is an insnirine: art'^ip bv Fdca j
F^her about how she work*? how j
c-Vp love's to write: an<1 "When Mr I
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^ov romes" is an anonymous article j
hv a fath^ who wants to ^nlist hut j
w*>r> is h^M by the approaching I
H"th of an heir.
The fiction this month contains
I stories by William Dudley Peley, Hoi- |
1 worthy Hall. Bruce Barton. Pertha j
! Pich. and other well-known writers. ,
The Interesting People is fully up ic ,
! its usually high standard, and th*
Family Money and contest results
I hold many things of interest and
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work. "What a man can do is his greatest
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When the War Will End.
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An ingenious collection of figures,'
so worked out as to demonstrate thai
"War Ends 191S?if figures Don't
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Fail," has been put out in poster
York tobacco and ci-ar concern. Tne
form by a New York tobacco and
cigar concern. The coincidencies of
addition and subtraction all show j
that the war will end next year, are
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ui:.arkabie. Here they are:
PnkS 11 >EXT VV i LSON?
Born 1S."6
Took office 1912'
Been in office 6 j
Age 62 |
3S36 |
Divided by 2 191S i
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE?
i^orn j
Took office 1913 j
Been in office 5
A?e 5S ^
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3S35
Divided by 2 1918
KING OF ENGLAND?
Born I860
Ascended throne 1910
Has resigned 8
Age 53
3836
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KING OF ITALY?
Born 1867 j
Ascended throne 1900
Has resigned 1?
Age 51 j
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Divided by 2 1913
CZAR OF RUSSIA?
Born 1S6S
Ascended throne 1S94
Has resigned 24
Age 50
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3S36
Divided by 2 191S
KIXG OF EEGLIUM?
Born 1 fi7' '
Ascnded throne 1900
Has resided 1?
Age 43
3S36
Divided by 2 1913
EiVTPRROR OP JAP AM?
Born / 1870f
Ascended throne 1912
Kas resigned 5
Age 40
383 Z
Divided by 2 1913
| KTN'Cr OF SERBIA?1
Porn 1844
| Ascended throne 1903
I Ha?? resigned 15
Age ..." 74
3836
Divided by 2 1913
But the mathematical expert of the
American Economist has added to the
combination as follows:
EMPEROR OF GERMAN?
| Born 185ft
i Ascended throne 1883
Has resigned 29
Age 58
3834
Divided "by 2 ' 1917
Wreck at Whitmire Years Ago.
Greenwood journal.
SripaVin? nf riiilrnari wrecks. 2.
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Greenwood citizen whose reputation
for veracity may be quoted at least
near par, said thi;> morning, that he
1 recalled an accident on the Seaboard
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J a passenger train ran into an open
j switch and one oT the rails flew up
|and through the boiler of the en^ln?
! without hurting a soul or bursting
! the boiler . The impact was so terri
; fic, he added, that the tender was
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IIFSSIANS THRKATEX TO
IXVAI>E PART OF ( HISA.
Pecplo of Sin Klein? Are Panic Stricken
as Slavs Mass on the
Frontier.
Pekin. Wednesday. Feb. 27.?The
Governor of the province of Sin Kian??
Western China, from which have
come reports that Turks and Germans
are stirring up the Mohammedans,
telegraphs that the Russians are
massing on the frontier, evidently intending
an invasion of Sin Kiang. The
telegram adds that the people are
r fhot rif I pel
1)71 niU-S>tZ"IL"^VCll a,iiu aoro cut**. * 4k.vv
and ammunition be sent to the governor.
KCTfAM.V ACCEPTS
TERMS SAYS BERLIN
Berlin, via London. March 4.?"The
Rumanians have accepted our aYmistice
conditions," says a German of
ficial communication isued today.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS/
Owing' to the excessive loss of water
through unmetered faucets dur
?? ?viA'n + ^c? or?/3 in viow aF
IllU1C v> JiitCl lliUUbiio, &iiu iu ? IV IT
the great stii&in upon the present
wells to furnish sufficient water for
the city's needs. The Commissioners
of Public Works, in order to conserve
the water supply, have adopted a rule
whereby ail flat-rate connections?i.e.
unmetered faucets, will be discontinued
after July 1st, 1918.
No further flat-rate water connections
will be made, and all present
flat-rate customers will be required
to install meters not later than July
1st, 1918. The meters will be installed
by the Commissioners of Puolic
works at actual cost and may be
paid for in easy monthly installments.
The terms may be obtained by inquiring
at the office of the Commissioners
of Public Works. A special
discoMnt for cash will be allowed.
Water consumers affected by this
rule are unred to have meters installed
promptly.
Signed
M. L. Spearman,
Harry W. Dominick,
C. E. ;Summer.[
j Feb 21st. 1918.
|f Keep Well jjj
poisons of undigested uKfc
jjjL food to accumulate in Jagg
j IJ are absorbed into your figg
| system. Indigestion, con- "fa j
' st-pation, headache, bad flfltt
' other troubles are bound
i to follow. Keep yoiir K&U
: system clean, as thous- BpSS
1 VpfgP ands of others do, by ^ragM
ymA taking an occasional dose
&S3 or the old, reliable, veg- WML
j g?p etable, family liver mediffflk
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j Mrs. W. F. Pickle, of
?riI Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: prjl
i "We have used Tfced- gwP
i j^rJ ford's Black-Draught as
i a family medicine. My ?P*|
' BreS mother-in-law could not gU4|
take calomcl as it seemed
; 0E& too strong for her, so she fpgj|
8jHj|B used Black-Draught as a eHB
ISS^ mild laxative and liver
regulator... We use it te||p
J&m in the family and believe JpaL *
it is the best medicine for gF|S
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